"Oh the boys must be SO happy to see me again!"
Hey beloved readers, I know I promised to recap the The Bachelorette Men Tell Nothing, so I'm presenting this just before I dive into the THREE HOUR finale recap. Hope you enjoy and that it will hold you over until we can jointly shred the stupid Final Rose.
Okay, so here we are with the not-so-much anticipated special where the guys gather 'round and rehash highlights of The Bachelorette and then do very little in the way of explaining anything we didn't already know. Whoop-dee-doo. They've gathered 16 of the original 25 bachelors - including a few who left the very first night, so what on earth are they going to say? As a side bar, I honestly don't get what's up with all of the filler this season. First they make every episode two hours long, then they stop like a third of the way through for a "DeAnna Tells All," which revealed nothing, now the "Men Tell All," and the whole stupid thing is followed up with an "After The Final Rose." Do we really need it pounded into our heads any further that DeAnna is the self-appointed Queen of the Universe? I mean, how much time has been spent on what really adds up to quite a boring little life? Ugh. Anyhoo, it's not for me to judge. Oh wait, oops, silly me - yes it is! And here we go.
After some small talk, we get a montage of how "competitive" this entire competition has been. It seems that Ryan (the Virgin) was the most competitive bachelor and Jeremy was the most hated. Chef Robert even compares Jeremy to American Psycho. Now, having recently read American Psycho, I won't give Jeremy the credit of being a satirical societal symbol of greed and materialism in 1980's Manhattan, but that's beside the point. Jeremy comes to the Hot Seat to answer the BIG questions. They go something like this: Having received a First Impression Rose, was there a target on your back? Were you really two-faced for the sake of the competition? The other guys say Jeremy wasn't very friendly with them. Oh, boo hoo. They also claim that they weren't there to "win" DeAnna, they were there with the utmost integrity to see if they had a special connection with a lovely lady, whereas Jeremy treated her like a prize. Oh cry me a river - especially you, Ron. No ulterior motives in the bunch? I'm not buying it.
"For instance, Sean was only there for a free haircut."
Next we have a montage of Jeremy's rejection-riddled journey and then Chris Harrison asks, "What happened?" What happened, Chris? Jeremy was eliminated. What is he supposed to say? I stopped paying attention to DeAnna for two seconds by accident so that I could go to the bathroom and she kicked me off? Please, there's no answer. Chris twists the knife for the rest of the segment, and then we move on to Graham.
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Comments (16)
Great recap! I loved it when Chris Harrison said mullet...business in the front, party in the back. I almost peed my pants!
1 of 16 | Posted by luciil | Posted on July 9, 2008 9:44 AM
You know, I'm no fan of MEanna HOWEVER (in her defense; I think I just gagged) She was on the show before, she was all over television and tabloids for pre-show publicity, the show has been on for 11 FREAKIN' seasons so the whole "it's too fast, I don't know you that well is kinda B.S. in its highest form. I would think that you would not apply to be on the show if you did not have some type of attraction to her because after all, unlike most seasons, the "prize" had no "su" in it because you already knew it was MEanna. So, if you were "just not that into her" than you are a s(%*head for coming on the show for a free vacation as long as you can get her to think that you like her. The only ones who seemed remotely interested were Jeremy and maybe Jason. If she is happy with the Riddler than I'm happy for her but he acts as if they were introduced by his publicist and they have to stay together long enough to revieve his movie career and image
2 of 16 | Posted by Fayellis1 | Posted on July 9, 2008 10:04 AM
The part with Chris Harrison talking about Sean's mullet was the best! This show would be so much better if they would show a little more of that kind of thing.
3 of 16 | Posted by lucy990 | Posted on July 9, 2008 10:46 AM
I got more and more fed up with Deanna as the season wore on. I have to agree with the guy who told her off (OCD comment). Her little tantrum at the BBQ said it all.
Then when I saw her on the After The Final Rose show, I gagged a bit more. Her little girl behavior with the man she chose, squeaking out "Honey!" to him, playing kissy face the whole time...UGH.
And yes, Chris Hansen's mullet/Cobra Kai Dojo commens were fabulous! A real sense of humor! I love it!
4 of 16 | Posted by KikiC | Posted on July 9, 2008 10:48 AM
KikiC - I totally agree. The more the season went on the more I disliked Deanna. She is really annoying and it is so true! If a guy wasn't completely OCD he was gone. I was so happy Ryan gave it to her at the reunion and Graham acted like he couldn't care less. After the Rose made me gag. I fastforwarded through most of it. She was the epitome of annoying...it was like get a room!
5 of 16 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on July 9, 2008 12:40 PM
I also liked "Is he one haircut away from stealing your heart?" or something like that. Comedy gold, Harrison!
DeAnna was awful; i don't really remember a wo/men tell all with so much animosity towards the bachelor/ette. It was pretty telling. I loved how Graham still pissed her off even though she wasn't "falling in love with him" anymore..he was still breakin' her heart!
What did she want from him when she was like "he didn't give me what i wanted...isn't that right Graham??" Ok Grandma stop talking to him like he is in the timeout seat. His continually blowing her off was great. "I'm sorry, i'm still caught up over the last rude comment you made. what did you say?"
DeAnna so thought she was going to be America's sweetheart when in fact she was just Ellen's sweetheart. If i never heard her talk about Brad on my tv again, it would be too soon.
6 of 16 | Posted by DP Hooker | Posted on July 9, 2008 1:04 PM
Agreed DP Hooker. The backlash was so awful, the moderators at TWOP (the site from which I have been BANNED..YEAH ME! BASTARDS) actually posted a note asking people to please stop using the word "Bitch". When a site that pretty much makes fun of television ask people to be nice to you, you need an image over-haul STAT!
7 of 16 | Posted by Fayellis1 | Posted on July 9, 2008 1:53 PM
I couldn't watch all of this, but I did watch the Graham exchange, and caught the I wasn't listening comment, sorry, no matter how bad she is, he is a capital D douche!!!! HATE and if he went on the show to advance whatever career he's sellin', ah, good luck, unless it's a book called "Lesson's in Douchery: How to drive women MAD"
My jaw is still agape at the conclusion of this . . . but I shall bide my time and read your thoughts first, HoneyG!
I'm gonna bet the discusting after the rose display was intended to make Graham mad at what he missed--news flash, he didn't watch!
8 of 16 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on July 9, 2008 2:30 PM
Love the title - The Bachelorette: The Men Hate DeAnna.
9 of 16 | Posted by gnomecorp | Posted on July 9, 2008 3:46 PM
Wonder how rad and stoked the snowboarder will be after DeAnna throws a hissy fit when he ignores her for more than 5 minutes at a time?
Somewhere in Texas, Brad is laughing his ass off right now.
10 of 16 | Posted by Dirty Sanchez | Posted on July 9, 2008 4:45 PM
KikiC, I'm with you - I wasn't a fan of Ryan on the show, but I LOVED his OCDeanna comments. And even better, how annoyed Deanna was by his comments.
11 of 16 | Posted by lucy990 | Posted on July 9, 2008 7:32 PM
Glad I didn't ever watch this show! (but had no trouble following - and enjoying - your recap; thanks!)
12 of 16 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on July 10, 2008 7:14 AM
I was bugged to no end by DeAnna on the Bachelor, so I assumed I'd hate her on the Bachelorette. I have to admit, though, I liked this season.
It sounds like I'm in the minority though.
The Men Tell All was entertaining though...there are alot of bitter men out there, that's for sure!
I hated Graham, but some of his comments toward DeAnna were quite entertaining, even though he's a total ass.
After watching this season and TMTA, I can't imagine any woman finding him attractive.
And Jeremy is a freak...sneaking into her room to give her a kiss? Showing up at her room after being kicked off?
Constantly getting emotional?
He has stalker written all over him!
Thanks for the recap, HG...looking forward to the show recap!
13 of 16 | Posted by ThisShowRocks! | Posted on July 10, 2008 9:07 AM
There was a moment in the final rose ceremony, where she says: "I finally get to say it [I love you]" or something like that...which seems to shed some light on some of what went on...I had the feeling that the producers weren't allowing her to go with her real feelings, instead insisting that she keep up several story lines at once (i.e., Graham/Jeremy/Jason/Jesse)...and of course the guys were all aware of this too, which made for one awkward season...just a feeling I have mind you.
And fayellis -- I got banned from TWOP too! Can't believe it. I didn't even say anything really nasty, but whoever's moderating that forum takes her job way tooo seriously...
14 of 16 | Posted by itchy | Posted on July 10, 2008 10:24 AM
Itchy - they act as if they are researching a cure for breast cancer. I thought it was just me, but they do take that crap waaaaaaaay too seriously. And since I don't want to be banned from here too..Deanna sucks! There, I talked about the show :0)
15 of 16 | Posted by Fayellis1 | Posted on July 10, 2008 11:07 AM
Nice recap, I needed it since I couldn't bear to watch more of DeAnna's self-involvement. Ugh.
16 of 16 | Posted by EZ Rider | Posted on July 10, 2008 3:23 PM